Ryan a memorial he built in honor of his son zachary, who was stabbed to death in 2014. Stephen jonass conviction meant up to 50 years in prison. Paulsen imagined a difficult life behind bars for his sons killer. I feel like hes in a country club compared to where he should be. After everything we went through with the murder of our son, the trial, everything, this was like a slap in the face to us. Ryan we found out jonas is serving time at the newton correctional facility a medium , security prison. Polk county attorney john sarcone says jonas is a sexual predator and poses a risk to poses a Security Risk to other inmates. My concern is other young men that might fall victim to him. Maybe not in the sense of a murder, but certainly in advances made toward them. Ryan the doc responding tonight saying, length of sentence is one of the many criteria when determining placement of offenders. After initial placement following admission, the iowa continues to evaluate each offenders placement. Ncf can be an appropriate location for offenders serving murder2nd offenses. Kurt paulsen is now writing state and local officials, fighting to get his sons killer moved to ft. Madison, a facility with fewer freedoms and privileges for inmates. With the caliber of this crime, he should not be in a medium security facility. Ryan according to the doc, the majority of men convicted of seconddegree murder are sent to a medium security facility. In the span of five years, we found out there were 43 men convicted of that charge. 41 were placed in medium security. All but 2 were placed in maximum custody. Live downtown ryan smith, kcci 8 , news, iowas news leader. Stacey new at 10 00 police , arrest the 4th person wanted in connection to an october 2015 child endangerment case in newton. We first told you about the case last week, when 3 others were Mariah Dawson is now in custody on similar charges. The 2015 case began after a 4yearold child tested positive for methamphetamine. Investigators then found several children were exposed to meth at a home on east 12th street in newton. Police say the children are safe and were not seriously injured. Tonight New Hampshire voters , spoke loud and clear last night and some republican the message. But not everyone will be heading to South Carolina, the site of the next gop primary. Donald trump told a packed arena in clemson that South Carolina is next on his march to the gop president ial nomination. Mr. Trump if we win here, after winning so big in New Hampshire, all of these characters are going to give it up. Were going to run the table and we will make America Great again that i can tell you. ,steve Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie dropped out wednesday after disappointing finishes in New Hampshire. Facebook, saying, im so proud on facebook, saying, im so proud of the campaign we ran, the people that ran it with me and all those who gave us their support and confidence along the way. Senator ted cruz won the iowa caucus, but finished third in New Hampshire. He says he can still win the president ial nomination. Sen. Cruz one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is the only candidate that can beat donald trump is me. Steve Ohio Governor john kasich finished second in New Hampshire. Gov. Kasich everybody had counted me out. Then all of a sudden, i rise up. Week, theyll count me out so then next week, theyll count me out again. Steve he now becomes the leading candidate in the establishment crowd to take on trump and cruz. But that means he has a target on his back from the other mainstream hopefuls. Mr. Bush i a big kasich fan but am i think im a better candidate to take on hillary clinton. Steve senator marco rubio is hoping to fix what went wrong after his fifth place finish in the granite state. Will have its next debate in greenville, South Carolina this saturday at 8 00 p. M. You can watch it right here on kcci. The democrats take a day off from South Carolina, and head to wisconsin tomorrow, for their next debate. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will go headtohead in milwaukee, in a debate sponsored by pbs. Stacey new at 10 00 the justice , Department Says police in ferguson, missouri have been violating the constitution for years. Behavior brought to light after the officerinvolved shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. Now, the feds plan to do something about it. Today, the u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch announced plans to sue the city of ferguson. Ms. Lynch the Ferguson Police departments violations in particular were expansive and deliberate. They violated the 4th amendment by stopping people without reasonable suspicion, by arresting them without cause and by using unreasonable force. They made enforcement decisions based on the way individuals expressed themselves, and they threatening situations. Stacey the Justice Department had negotiated a deal with the city of ferguson over reforms to its police force and court system. But yesterday, the Ferguson CityCouncil Voted to change the terms of the deal. That prompted the doj filing. City officials plan to comment on the lawsuit tomorrow. Experts hope results from a new study push iowans to examine their racial biases. Research done at the university of iowa found people are more likely to misidentify a toy as a weapon after seeing a black face robert than a white face. Face rather than a white face. Researchers also found racial bias was equally strong for adult and child faces. A leader in the des moines black Community Says the study doesnt surprise him. The atmosphere has changed, conditions have changed, and if we dont have that real conversation, then we are getting that call talking about my child. Published online last week. You can find it in the journal psychological science. Steve new details tonight about the fastmoving zika virus. There are now 67 reported cases in 19 states. 80 of people who get zika dont show symptoms, but the virus has been linked to a rare birth defect. The countrys leading medical experts were on capitol hill today, pressing congress for for nearly 2 billion in emergency aid. It can bite 4 or five people in the course of one blood meal, meaning it can spread disease quickly. Were working around the clock to find out as much as we can as quickly as we can. Steve president obama has asked for an emergency 1. 8 billion to fight zika. But some republicans criticized the administration for previously cutting funding for a Tropical Disease Program by 15 . Should you be concerned about seeing the zika virus here in iowa . Expert ryan smith says of the 2 species that carry the virus, one of them, the asian tiger mosquito, has been found in the state. Run were just really trying to understand if these mosquitoes have taken hold if taken hold, and if they have created a sustainable habitat here in the state. Steve smith says, since its winter, no need to panic just yet. We have no confirmed cases yet in iowa. There is no vaccine for the zika virus. Stacey lets take a live look outside tonight from our downtown skycam rep. It is a clear night. A very cold night. Kurtis good news, not a lot of wind. Not having to deal with too much blowing snow. It will get fairly cold overnight. Overnight cold around 7. We start off the day with a wind clouds phil in as the day goes along. Looks like a little bit of snow will arrive after 6 00 p. M. Today. That is at 35 degrees. A couple of snow chances. It looks like tomorrow evening and then another system saturday night into sunday morning. Futurecast coming up along with the 8 day forecast. What that is going to show you is a nice little warmup on the way. Some cold air arriving saturday, but then 39 sunday. 40s as we head into midweek. Steve next at 10 00, hes the boy always proving everybody wrong. How he beat the odds. And how a simple gesture on the hardwood is making an entire Franklin County community smile. Theres no excuse for operating on the wrong baby. Stacey a newborn gets the wrong how the big mixup happened. Steve and, sleeping with pets. A do or dont . What a new survey says thats minds. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 10 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and sports director andy garman. Steve it brought two opposing teams to tears. A sheffield teenager overcomes major challenges to hit the hardwood with his Basketball Team for the first time. Stacey kccis Laura Terrell shows us the amazing moments that happened next. It was really devastating. He was a premature baby. So we knew right from the beginning that something was up. Laura born with cerebal palsy and a seizure disorder, doctors told dakota reasons parents he wouldnt live past the age of 5. I was told by one dr. To take him home and love him because he determind to prove everyone laura determined to prove everyone wrong, dakota always perserved. Now 18yearsold, dakota cant talk but he is very social. For 4 years, hes been the manager of the west fork warhawks boys Basketball Team in sheffield. I keep telling dakota hes got an awesome family right there. Those basketball boys and coaches. Laura to show dakota just how much a part of the the team he is, his coaches surprised him tuesday by telling him to take the court on senior night. You could look in the stands and everybody from both sides are giving him a standing ovation as he comes out on the court for the first time in his life. Thats just where i lost it. Laura after a couple misses dakota got his grove. , he is running up and down the court with the boys. He then scores not just one, but several more baskets. More than a dream come true. Laura members of the opposing team nashuaplainfield even it was such a team effort. They made sure that dakota had his moment. Laura scoring 8 points total, dakota brought his team to victory. He just felt like he really belonged last night. One huge step in dakotas life that i am going to say he probably wont forget for quite a wild. I know i am not. Laura dakota is actually becoming pretty famous. His parents say they have been getting calls all day from National News outlets like usa today and People Magazine because everyone to do a story on this inspirational kid. Steve we do have an update now on that stolen trailer with kids triathlon equipment inside. Thieves stole the trailer in december, taking all the equipment owned by a kids sports organization, called rip roar events. To the surprise of the companys owner and law enforcement, the trailer, with most of its contents, has now been found, it was parked at a scenic overlook near swan in warren county. Unfortunately, as the tow truck was returning the trailer to des moines today, it slid off the road and into a ditch. It is kind of ironic and funny the joke we kept saying , that someday were going to find it all in a ditch. You know, well find it all in a ditch somewhere. Steve the thieves did take some generators, tools, and audio equipment. The owner of the company says he received 26,000 from donors after losing his trailer. He is now offering the donors refunds, but as of tonight, no one had asked for their money back. Stacey a tennessee hospital is under fire tonight for performing delicate surgery on the wrong baby. Jennifer melton took her newborn son to University Medical centers pediatric unit for what she thought was a routine checkup. But, a doctor mistakenly clipped the babys tongue. Increase range of motion. They took our child, which was 100 healthy, no issues at all, and just took him out of the nursery and cut his mouth. There is no excuse for operating on the wrong baby. None. Stacey it is unclear if the parents will file a lawsuit. The doctor has since apologized. Steve competition canceled. Hawaiis big wave surf competition is called off tonight because the waves are too small. This isnt the first time this has happened. The event began in 1984, but there have only been 8 times conditions have been lived up to the strict wave size requirements. Kurtis is over there practicing on the longboard. Kurtis i keep thinking of the hawaii 50 song. Temperatures cold obviously. 18 degrees. Snow is well off to the east. Eastnortheast winds at 6. What a pretty shot. That snow today was glorious. Very fluffy. Some big snowflakes fell and we tallied out here in the metro. The temperature, seven degrees. 17, noon. Not a lot of wind tomorrow. Normals in the mid 30s. I think we will only hit the low 20s tomorrow. Around 22 degrees by 6 00 p. M. The cloud cover is thinning a bid to the west. There is already another system of state. This ridge of High Pressure from canada keeping us very cool this spins on through with another chance of some light snow tomorrow night and early friday morning. Clouds increase by the afternoon. Snow should move through fairly quickly. Out of here early friday morning. Then the clouds thinned friday, breaking free to some sunshine. I think saturday will start out with some sunshine before the cloud cover fills in. Taking a look at another computer model. Here are those clouds moving in on saturday. Should generally be snow free right through the afternoon and even the evening hours. Back, snow arrives late saturday night. The system has a little bit of spin. Look at the snow through sunday morning and i think it may intensify a bit as we head into early sunday afternoon. This system has a lot more potential for maybe some 34 next system tomorrow night and early friday morning. That looks like anywhere from a half inch just over an inch of snow. Today, the snow was so fluffy, we tallied up a little more than expected. Tonight, mostly cloudy with northeast winds. Tomorrow, 23. Light snow chance late. As we slide into friday, i do want to point out that we have the snow chance early. I didnt i do let some concern about the wind. On friday, could have some issues with blowing snow. Arctic blast early on saturday. 30s on sunday. That here comes the 40s as you head into next week. Steve you have to stick around for this. The cool 360degree skiing video string and a cell phone. Stacey mustsee video, new tonight. Take a look at this. A skier shows us what it would be like to ski inside the matrix. Even more impressive is how he shot the 360degree slow motion video. He says he tied his phone to a string and twirled it around his head while flying down the slope. A health alert tonight about sleeping with your pets. Stacey don champion reports on a new mayo clinic study that is challenging the conventional wisdom that animals in the bedroom can mess with your sleep. Don patricia don Patricia Sullivan had canine company in bed as soon as she brought home her first puppy. Sleep experts have long thought that pets in the bedroom are disruptive to a persons sleep but a recent mayo clinic survey , found 41 of sleep patients who share their beds with their animals find it beneficial. If having a pet nearby helps them feel relaxed and gives them a sense of security, which permits them to fall asleep with less difficulty, then i think that is something that does deserve attention. Don 20 of respondents, however, admitted their pets study author doctor lois krahn says there are many things pet owners need to consider. They need to know how well they sleep as a person and how well the pet sleeps, they need to take into account the size of the pet. Don other considerations the size of the bed, the number of pets, and the pets must be clean and free of fleas. If their feet were really wet, i would wipe them off. Steve don sullivan says her dogs dont just relax her, they go a step further. If i stay up too late the dogs remind me to go to bed. They actually walk into my ,don even ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for honeysuckle white. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer honeysuckle white. No growthpromoting antibiotics, andy big, big Conference Game tonight for two teams for two different reasons. Iowa state is trying to keep the door open for a run to a potential big 12 regularseason championship. They got a win. They got to win. Texas tech is on the outside of the tournament bubble but trending in the right direction. Monte morris, big game for him. Over 1000 career points. Great concentration. Gets blocked, gathers, throws of the onehanded floater. Second half, isu running. Texas tech just wouldnt go away. Morris, halfcourt. He just kind of gently slip sitting there. No big deal. Final seconds of a tied game. Red raiders with one final shot. No caps off the bit off the top of the backboard. Matt thomas gets a look. No good. Isu lets one get away. Texas tech with the upset. 8582 the final. Isu has to rally, and it is a tough one. The game is live on espn. Valley basketball tonight. Northern at home in the mcleod center. Game got a little chippy in the second half. Gamehigh 21 points for morgan. West washington wes washpun stealing it from behind the arc. Right place, right time for the brother of adam and jake. Uni wins. They have a huge game on saturday. Down at the koch arena taking on wichita state. Womens College Basketball tonight. Iowa state on the road at west virginia, down in mountaineer country. West virginia to physical and too much to handle. Nasa nears win, mountaineers win 5747. Isu has to force work isu heads to fort worth play texas christian on saturday. It is pretty common in College Basketball, when a new coach comes in, there is turnover. A couple of players on the way out. Dvario montgomery has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules. The violation was unspecified. Running back joshua thomas, decided he wants to kurtis looks like will have some light snow moving tomorrow evening